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cannabis

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cannabis has 2 senses

cannabis(n = noun.plant) hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs; Array

has parts: cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana

is a member of genus cannabis

has particulars: cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana, marijuana, cannabis indica, indian hemp

is a kind of bush, shrub

cannabis(n = noun.artifact) ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect; Array

has particulars: acapulco gold, mexican green, dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

is a kind of controlled substance, soft drug

is a part of cannabis, hemp

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cannabis, prop. n. [L., hemp. See Canvas.].

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp. [1913 Webster]
The Indian hemp plant plant Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis Indica. See Cannabis Indica, below. [PJC]

Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, now considered a variety of the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), originating in Asia but now grown widely around the world. It can be formed into a tough fiber that is used to make rope and tough fabric. The dried leaves and female flowers are smoked or chewed by people to produce a euphoric or hallucinogenic effect, caused mainly by the substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in it. The THC-containing products of Cannabis are classified as a controlled substance, and posession and sale are illegal in most states of the United States. Once classified as a narcotic, the plant is now more commonly referred to in the category of euphoric or hallucinogenic agents.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cannabis, n.
1 any hemp plant of the genus Cannabis, esp. Indian hemp.
2 a preparation of parts of this used as an intoxicant or hallucinogen.

Idiom

cannabis resin a sticky product, esp. from the flowering tops of the female cannabis plant.

Etymology

L f. Gk

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